the larger problem about both trump and pence who s doing his best trump impression is that everybody recognizes that their values and thinker seem to be focused in the wrong area. you literally had neonazis marching against them. they don t want to talk about that. to the sincerity, trump fundraising off pence s nfl walk out of course. then the last little detail about that photo that he tweeted which was like he tweeted like get ready for the game. it was like taking the sip of water before the spit take. oh, well i m just going to enjoy this game. guess nothing political is going to happen. it was an old photo that they used from three years ago that people called out immediately. it was an old photo that someone also put through some sort of instagram filler to make it look slightly different. this was something, once again, the indianapolis star was pointing out it was an old photo. the speed which this unraveled was really shocking. i think for a lot of folks
there s something interesting happening with this whole issue which is that they want to talk about it. the president clearly is delighted in himself. he found this issue. and i think again, i do think it s an issue that abstracting away, probably the majority would be on their side. that they re sort of turning around because trump is such a uniquely polarizing figure in some ways. people have to look at the polls on this issue. the common sense in trump s campaign, what s this idea that this is a winning issue for him, because he gets to demonize black people who are protesting racism i guess. and yet when you look at the polling numbers, usa today did polling on this, other places as well, support is actually moving towards the players. not necessarily actually moving towards the players on the idea that we need to have a discussion on police violence, but moving towards the players on the idea that people should have the right to dissent and that this is about first amendment r
so much to talk about tonight with bill krystal. obviously a veteran of the reagan and bush administrations, editor at large of the weekly standard and a guy we turn to whenever we can. okay, bill, the comments tonight by bannon to members of the republican establishment who might dream of not being with the trump agenda, quote, no one is safe. we are coming for you. how worried are you about this movement to burn down the house and while they re at it, the senate? and what will it mean to have an r after your name? you know, i think there is a real civil war in the republican party. you and i have discussed before. people have been underestimating this. they tend to interpret the different fights as psycho dramas, trump and mcconnell
he s criticized trump moderately till recently. even for that he s supposed to resign and people like john barrasso and wyoming who voted with trump on everything it, he s supposed to be primaried. it s a free country. the notion you can apiece trump or bannon should be put aside. this may be abe moment where republican senators and congress wake up and say if we re in a fight for the future, let s fight for something we believe in and stop trying to bend over backwards for trump and not offend any of his supporters. let s see. we haven t seen that much courage in standing up to trump in public yet. maybe there will be more now. that would be a story to cover. about that building with the obama on it behind you, what s the chance that we cop to the end of 2017 without a successful major legislative initiative? i think pretty good chance. i don t think tax reform will make it this year and doubtful it will make it early next year.
realization among republicans that he offers them no more political power will cause them to break with him. they have to see among their base, among their voters that president trump is no longer popular, and right now that s just not the case. among the trump supporters who were with trump in the primary, 95% of them still approve of the job that trump is doing according to the latest nbc news wall street journal poll. and that s what republicans are seeing back in their district, back in their home states when they take into consideration, okay, is it time for me to criticize the president yet. peter, let s go dr. phil on the relationship between those two men and then we ll move on. we remember seeing the pictures of corker arriving at trump tower. we were led to believe it was an audition or interview loosely for a cabinet spot. not just any cabinet spot. why didn t that happen for senator corker?